Not only were we stimulated and challenged by our Professor’s talks but we also laughed. She told us, in connection with reading biographies with critical discernment, that “some authors are entertaining liars!” In the same talk, she mentioned Bombay Anna, the true story of The King and I and said “Forget Yul Brynner. The king was 57 and lame”.
ARTICLES, Bookworms' Blog, Library News, more articlesby Jenny Strickland If you want to start a Book Group, your first job is to find others who are keen. I’d say that you need to start with at least 3 or 4 friends who can each invite others […]
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"Beast or Blessing, a Baboon Matters Trust publication was written by Jenni Trethowen and provides insight into the highly polarised emotions and opinions that surround baboons outside our nature reserves. There are many reasons why this book will touch everyone interested in Baboons or the plight of wild animals surviving on the interface of human and wild landscapes. But the message that resonated most with me is the unashamed acknowledgement of the individual baboons as personalities....
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